/tags/leslie-cochran Leslie Cochran en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:56:09 GMT /texas/2019-03-14/film-tells-story-of-the-cross-dressing-vagabond-who-captured-austinites-hearts From Texas Standard:Leslie Cochran was a man who experienced homelessness and often walked the streets of Austin in a thong and a feather boa. He became� Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:56:09 GMT /texas/2019-03-14/film-tells-story-of-the-cross-dressing-vagabond-who-captured-austinites-hearts Laura Rice /austin/2012-06-22/am-update-cesar-chavez-closure-a-slew-of-quirky-festivals-heat-take-nba-finals Cesar Chavez Traffic ClosuresTraffic on Cesar Chavez Street will be disrupted this morning as crews repair a broken water main.Early this morning, the� Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:29:11 GMT /austin/2012-06-22/am-update-cesar-chavez-closure-a-slew-of-quirky-festivals-heat-take-nba-finals Kelly Connelly, Olivia Gordon /austin/2012-03-08/listen-to-the-tale-of-leslies-journey-to-austin KUT News recently spoke with Debbie Russell, a friend of Leslie Cochran who served as Leslie’s spokesperson during his hospitalization and hospice stay.� Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:20:22 GMT /austin/2012-03-08/listen-to-the-tale-of-leslies-journey-to-austin Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /austin/2012-03-08/in-memoriam-leslie-cochran-1951-2012 An Austin icon has died.Leslie Cochran, the cross-dressing, homeless citizen who for years was perched at the intersection of Sixth and Congress, passed� Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:22:58 GMT /austin/2012-03-08/in-memoriam-leslie-cochran-1951-2012 Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /austin/2012-03-08/leslie-cochran-passes-away Leslie Cochran passed away in an Austin hospice overnight.KUT News spoke with Debbie Russell, a friend and spokesperson for Leslie yesterday. She told us� Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:52:05 GMT /austin/2012-03-08/leslie-cochran-passes-away Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /austin/2012-03-06/leslie-cochran-in-transition-in-hospice-care Leslie Cochran � a homeless, cross-dressing exemplar of Austin weirdness immortalized in countless stories and photos, plus advertisements, refrigerator� Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:29:52 GMT /austin/2012-03-06/leslie-cochran-in-transition-in-hospice-care Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /life-arts/2012-03-05/am-update-leslie-in-hospice-bastrop-judge-resigns-more-police-at-sxsw Austin Homeless Icon Leslie Transferred to HospiceLocal transgendered celebrity, Leslie Cochran, was transferred out of hospital care and into an area� Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:07:22 GMT /life-arts/2012-03-05/am-update-leslie-in-hospice-bastrop-judge-resigns-more-police-at-sxsw Lucia Duncan, Carlos Morales /austin/2012-03-01/leslie-cochran-prognosis-its-up-to-leslie-in-many-respects We reported earlier this week on the hospitalization of Leslie Cochran, Austin’s ambassador of weirdness. A spokesperson for Cochran told KUT News that� Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:05:54 GMT /austin/2012-03-01/leslie-cochran-prognosis-its-up-to-leslie-in-many-respects Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard /austin/2012-02-27/leslie-cochran-hospitalized Contrary to recent reports that transgendered homeless icon Leslie Cochran was moving to Colorado, Leslie is still in Austin. And according to a statement� Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:04:40 GMT /austin/2012-02-27/leslie-cochran-hospitalized Wells Dunbar, Texas Standard